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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, to commence the development of a full-scale aircraft that uses active flow control for flight control. Aurora will build and demonstrate the X-65 aircraft under the third phase of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors program, DARPA said Wednesday.
The latest experimental DARPA aircraft, which is designed to maneuver without the need for moving parts, is headed to the manufacturing stage and could be…
DARPA's CRANE program drives the X-65, an aircraft revolutionizing flight control with air jets replacing traditional surfaces, promising weight reduction and enhanced performance by 2025.
Next up will be the first test flight with the fully integrated prototype that will add in the payloads and mission system.
DARPA has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale X-plane to demonstrate the viability of using active flow control (AFC) actuators for primary